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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Great Polling Numbers For Hanger On The PA Governor's Race: Virtual Statistical Tie With Corbett

Public Policy Polling is out with the first independent poll numbers on the Pennsylvania Governor's race.http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_PA_107.pdf. I am virtually in a statistical tie with Governor Corbett, and that is a great place for me to be at this point in the race. The numbers are Corbett 41% and Hanger 37%, with a 3.8% margin of error.

Among the possible Democratic candidates that are most mentioned as possibilities, the poll finds that Mayor Nutter and I are the strongest candidates against the Governor. Sestak, McCord, Schwartz, and Wolf trail the Governor by 6 to 12 points.

More encouraging data is that PPP states that the undecided voters lean Democratic. Moreover the fact that Corbett is well below 50% and barely over 40% underlines the political weakness of the Governor.

PPP found that Governor Rendell would beat Governor Corbett 46-40, and Attorney General-Elect Kathleen Kane would be tied with Corbett. Both Rendell and Kane have said that they will not be candidates for Governor in 2014.

Please make a donation to my campaign at www.hangerforgovernor.com. Checks should be made out to "Hanger For Governor" and sent to PO Box 4068, Harrisburg, PA 17111.

About Me

I am an expert on energy, environment, green economy, competitive electric markets, and utility regulation with unique experience in and out of government. I am a Democratic candidate for Governor of PA. See www.hangerforgovernor.com. You can email me at john@hangerforgovernor.com. I have been both the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. I have made leading regulatory decisions, testified to Congress and state legislatures, and been interviewed countless times, appearing on CBS evening News, NBC Evening New, CNN, BBC, CBC, and many more outlets. I am a 1984 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and 1979 graduate of Duke University.